I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place.

Wearing a bikini on a magazine cover is my 41st birthday present to myself.

When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.

The hardest thing for me is planning ahead. My mom was brilliant at it.

I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.

I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.

I'm very competitive but in a very nice way